Senior ICV CAD Engineer

About the role

NVIDIA is searching for a motivated CAD Engineer to join the Advanced Technology Group. You will support installation of foundry techfiles, provide expert support to designers in debugging tool, techfile and design errors, and develop flows and scripts to improve productivity of custom circuit designers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and support foundry techfiles.
• Perform expert debug of design errors to direct expeditious resolution: explaining user errors to designers; explaining techfile errors to the foundry support team, and explaining tool errors to EDA partners.
• Custom edit foundry techfiles to define and implement NVIDIA design methodologies.
• Work with CAD tool vendors to identify and resolve bugs, improve tool usability, and evaluate new tools and features.
• Develop infrastructure to support design work in new process technologies.
• Write scripts using perl and Cadence SKILL.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience); M.S. preferred
• 5+ years of work experience
• A basic understanding of mosfet device behavior, CMOS layout, and VLSI design
• Excellent programming skills; experience with perl, Cadence SKILL
• Expertise in ICV in order to support, enhance, and debug foundry DRC and LVS techfiles
• Being able to implement NVIDIA specific DFM, DRC rules using ICV
• Being able to implement NVIDIA specific devices in the LVS deck using ICV

Qualifications

• Great interpersonal skills
• Passionate about providing excellent support for end-users

Skills

• Strong background in ICV
• Experience with Perl
• Experience with Cadence SKILL

Benefits

Base salary range: $136,000 - $218,500 for Level 3, and $168,000 - $264,500 for Level 4. Eligible for equity and benefits.

Pay

Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Schedule

Not specified.